Morning lineup:
Meet The Press: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R); Roundtable: Helene Cooper (New York Times), Jennifer Jacobs (Des Moines Register), Robert Costa (Washington Post) and Journalist Jeff Greenfield.
Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D); House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI); New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R); Sen. Rand Paul (R); Roundtable: Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Jamelle Bouie (Slate), Ed O'Keefe (Washington Post) and Susan Page (USA Today).
This Week: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Roundtable: Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile, "Independent" Strategist Matthew Dowd, Radio Host Hugh Hewitt and Radio Host Tavis Smiley.
Fox News Sunday: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R); Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Bob Woodward (Washington Post), Radio Host Laura Ingraham and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Roundtable: Democratic Strategist Hilary Rosen, Progressive Activist Van Jones, S.E. Cupp (New York Daily News) and Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report from Russia's main military base in Syria, where the Russians are waging an air war against the enemies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (preview); interviews with three unjustly convicted people who spent years in prison and then were exonerated (preview); and, a report on the hit Broadway show "Hamilton" (preview).
Late night shows:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Monday: Actress Jane Lynch; HUD Secretary Julian Castro; Musical Group EL VY.
Tuesday: Actress Saoirse Ronan; Co-Founder/CEO of Yelp Jeremy Stoppelman; Documentary Filmmakers Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos; Singer/Songwriter James Bay.
Wednesday: Actor Paul Giamatti; Feminists Guerrilla Girls; Bull Rider J.B. Mauney.
Thursday: Actress Olivia Munn; Actor/Comedian T.J. Miller; Singer/Songwriter Father John Misty.
Friday: Astronaut Scott Kelly; Soccer Player Abby Wambach; Comedian Maria Bamford.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Monday: Actor/Comedian Colin Quinn; Tuesday: Greg Gutfield (Fox News); Wednesday: Radio Host Tavis Smiley; Thursday: Actor/Rapper Ice Cube.
Elsewhere…
Dr. Ben Carson played a game of show and tell with some Iowa fifth graders.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson asked a group of fifth graders Thursday at a campaign rally in Iowa who the worst student in the class was and the students responded by singling out a classmate, The Des Moines Register reported.
Carson told the crowd that as a fifth grader, he was a "horrible student."
"Anybody here in fifth grade? Who's the worst student?" Carson asked, prompting a group of more than half a dozen students to point toward one boy, according to the report.
Carson then laughed and continued: "Well, let me tell you, if you had asked that question in my classroom, there would have been no doubt."
Meanwhile…
Maine Gov. Paul LePage blamed the state's substance abuse issues on interlopers with funny names.
Gov. Paul LePage has drawn widespread condemnation for a racially charged comment he made during one of his regular town hall meetings to promote his policy agenda in Bridgton on Wednesday night.
About 30 minutes into the meeting, which was rebroadcast Thursday night, LePage responded to a question about how he was tackling substance abuse in Maine. He began talking about how much of the heroin is coming into Maine from out-of-state drug dealers.
"These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty – these types of guys – they come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, they go back home," LePage told a large crowd. "Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave, which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue we have to deal with down the road."
But, wait…
LePage then made clear that there's nothing racist about what he said.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said during a Friday morning news conference that he never mentioned race when he said New York City heroin dealers often "impregnate" white women in his state.
"I get a report, and they're saying his street name 'D-Money,' street name 'Smoothie.' I don't know where they're from," LePage said. "I know where they're from, I don't know if they're white, black, Asian, I don't know."
"If you want to make it racist, go right ahead and do what you want," he added.
Alrighty then.
- Trix